Intro
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2. Read and Prepare - Read the introduction and prepare to hear the audio.
Have you ever made a plan to do something, and then regretted it? Maybe you realized you’d rather do something else instead, or that you didn’t like the person you were supposed to have the plan with, or that you were just not into it anymore. It should be easy to cancel plans, but it’s not. The plan starts to feel like a trap. And you don’t know how you’re going to get out of it.
The desire to get out of something can come up for any kind of commitment. It can simply be a coffee date with a friend, or it can be something as big as an engagement to be married. Either way, that suffocating feeling can come on, and you can spend hours trying to come up with the excuse that will let you off the hook.
The blackout and the storm are making Amanda and Mason stressed out about their wedding and their relationship. Find out who wants to get out of the wedding in this wedding English lesson.
3. Watch - Watch the video without reading the dialog.
Dialog
1. Listen and Read - Listen to the audio and read the dialog at the same time.
2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.
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Amanda: Mason, what did you want to talk me about out here? Why are we…
Mason: Amanda, listen. I just…have you changed your mind about the wedding?
Amanda: What are you talking about?
Mason: Well, it’s just, I feel like with the generator, and all this canned food, it’s like you’re trying to get out of something, like you are trying to get out of the wedding.
Amanda: OK, that’s crazy. I was just trying to keep us all safe during the storm. You know, lights?
Mason: I just feel like you’re playing up this storm thing, and what you’re actually talking about is the wedding, that you’re just trying to find a way out of…
Amanda: What are you talking about? Remember how I pursued you? Aggressively? And I was over the moon when you proposed to me?
Mason: Yeah.
Amanda: OK? I’m not trying to—oh my god. You’re projecting. You want to get out of something!
Mason: What? Are you kidding me? This is ridiculous! I’m not trying to get out of something! I’m trying to get to our wedding! That’s the whole idea with the boat…
Amanda: Oh, I get it. So you came up with this ridiculous plan about the boat because you know that I hate boats and would never get in one. You found one on the side of the road, it’s all rickety and disgusting. It’s because you knew that I would be trapped here in the storm and I wouldn’t make it to our wedding. You’re so devious and sneaky and…
Mason: This is ridiculous. The boat will take us to the wedding that I want to have with you. That’s all I’ve got.
Greta: Excuse me for eavesdropping, but I couldn’t help but overhear. I don’t know which of you wants to get out of this wedding, but I have some advice if you do.
Mason: Really?
Amanda: What?
Greta: So, this is based on a movie I was in. What you need to do is find a group of retired spies. I mean I guess they don’t have to be retired. But then you’re also going to need a sheepdog, or a Dalmatian. And a helicopter. And definitely an accordion player. I know a great guy, if you need a recommendation.
Mason: She’s going on and on. We have to find a way out of this.
Amanda: Shh. I love that movie. Go on.
Greta: OK.
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Discussion
Mason has taken Amanda out into the hall to talk to her about something, and Amanda wants to know what it is. Mason’s worried that Amanda has changed her mind about the wedding. He thinks she’s making a big deal about the storm in order to find a way to avoid having the wedding.
Amanda thinks that’s crazy. Didn’t she pursue Mason to try to get him to marry her? Then she realizes that Mason might be the one who’s trying to get out of the wedding. He’s making up excuses so it doesn’t seem like it was his idea.
Greta has been listening to their conversation. She has some advice based on a movie she was in. Probably, in that movie, someone wanted to get out of a wedding. She describes a complicated scene, involving dogs, spies, and lots more. Mason thinks she’s crazy, but Amanda wants to hear what she has to say.
Have you ever had a plan with someone and you wanted to get out of it, but they didn’t, or the other way around? Do you think that Mason or Amanda are really trying to get out of the wedding?
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